CVE-2015-7529 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

78%

Complexity

18%

Confidentiality

98%

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

sosreport in SoS 3.x allows local users to obtain sensitive information from sosreport files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on an archive file in a temporary directory, as demonstrated by sosreport-$hostname-$date.tar in /tmp/sosreport-$hostname-$date.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 7 years ago

2017-11-06 17:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-09-27 15:52:00

Affected Software

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04

15.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10

15.10

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server AUS 7.2

7.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.3

7.3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.4

7.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Advanced mission critical Update Support (AUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server EUS 7.2

7.2

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.3

7.3

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.4

7.4

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.5

7.5

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Extended Update Support (EUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Telecommunications Update Service (TUS) 7.6

7.6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation 7.0

7.0

References

RHSA-2016:0152

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2016:0188

Third Party Advisory

83162

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

USN-2845-1

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0152

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:0188

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1282542

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/696

Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory

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